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Singer-songwriters Deb Talan & Steve Tannen began writing together the night they met, and soon formed indie band The Weepies. On the strength of their simple yet insightful songwriting and distinctive harmonies, they quietly sold more than a million records, with over 17 million streams on Spotify, and 20 million views on YouTube. They married and had three children, rarely touring but continuing to release music, with five records over seven years.

Just before Christmas 2013, when their youngest son was 17 months old, Deb Talan was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. She was in chemo by New Year's Eve.

In 2014, Deb beat cancer, and The Weepies recorded the best album of their career. Coming back from the edge sharpened their skills and focus. At 16 songs and almost an hour long, SIRENS shows a band at the height of its powers.

The prophetic "No Trouble" was written prior to learning Deb's diagnosis. "I don't need no trouble, but sometimes trouble needs me," sings Steve; Deb's vocals were recorded during her first weeks of chemo. The couple continued to write and record throughout treatment, with Deb providing several key vocals far into the year, including title track "Sirens," captured in one take on a day where Deb really only had one take in her; her vulnerability is tangible. "We just kept going," says Deb. "We also have 3 small children, and were homeschooling, and the effects of chemo blew whole days out of the water."

The band was able to use their limited studio time as an escape, leading to some of their most joyful tracks ever, including the genre-bending "Fancy Things" and the upbeat "Early Morning Riser," aided mightily by a fantastic rhythm section and horns. There's plenty of heart and comfort for long time Weepies fans too – the deceptively simple "My Little Love," the gorgeous "Brand New Pair of Wings" and the straight ahead poetry of "River From the Sky."

After The Weepies had officially finished the album, and Deb was in recovery, they continued to record remotely with their phenomenal backing musicians for fun, eventually adding a cover of Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" and a version of Irish balladeer Mark Geary's "Volunteer" to the final album.

"No one song could capture that year," says Steve. "16 seems like a lot to release at once, but each song reflects a different angle of that long, suspended moment. They hang together like a bunch of photographs from a certain time. It was intense, but there was beauty and inspiration, too. Deb made it back. And we're still here."

SWEET TALK RADIO was born out of a conversation. They were two solo acts who came together by way of vocal harmonies and then, a kiss. The kiss that changed everything, started a relationship and ultimately led to getting married, and having a son. Along the way they released two albums, five singles, had numerous song placements in tv shows, performed at various festivals, signed with Secret Road, scored an independent film, and composed music for a daytime talk show.
With "HOROLOGY", Sweet Talk Radio are set to release their 3rd album. Produced by Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Joshua Radin), the initial recording began just before Kate's father passed away. He was an horologist who, for many years, had a clock shop in North Hollywood. As Kate and Tim got back to the recording process, they realized time was a consistent theme throughout the album; it’s fickle movement, it’s impossibility to hold, it’s priceless value. "When we became parents, time turned into gold and dust simultaneously", Kate says. Horology is the art and science of measuring time, and in their attempt to document this particular moment, they even included the sound of some vintage clocks and chimes from her father's shop.
Sweet Talk Radio will be touring in 2018 in support of their new album, including opening shows for The Weepies and Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket.
"With undeniable chemistry both on stage and off, STR create alternative-folk-pop songs full of depth and yearning, delivered with an earnest desire to connect." —Santa Barbara Independent
"Sweet Talk Radio have delivered a sonic gift that leaves the listener no choice but to smile and whisper a grateful 'hallelujah.'" —Performing Songwriter Magazine
"Brilliant."